ABC's 'V'

ABC's 'V'

“After about 25 years, those sneaky, lizard-like aliens are back,” reports Barry Garron for ABC Entertainment News. “Once again, they want to take over Earth and, maybe, destroy or consume the populace. But so what? In exchange for their malevolence, they promise to provide a world of fast-paced, eye-catching action and provocative drama.”

” ‘V’ was a popular miniseries when NBC aired it in the pre-Fox and early cable year of 1983. It worked so well that creator Kenneth Johnson had a sequel the following year, “V: The Final Battle.” That proved so popular that NBC, disregarding the “Final” part of the title, reintroduced “V” as a weekly series that fall – That’s when it stopped working,” reports Garron.

“This latest update, airing Tuesday at 8 p.m. EST/PST, preserves the original framework but shifts the atmosphere to accommodate contemporary concerns,” reports Garron.

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